Noweb/Noroff Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:7937

Info

Noweb/Noroff Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7937
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0381
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 16 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:06PM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Jakob Lell.
Vulnerable: Norman Ramsey Noweb 2.9 a
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Noweb/Noroff Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

noweb/noroff has been reported prone to an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. As a result, it may be possible for local attackers to corrupt files owned by the user who is invoking the noroff application.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to corrupt, potentially sensitive arbitrary files.

It should be noted that although this vulnerability has been reported to affect noweb version 2.9a, other versions might also be affected.

Solution / Fix

Noweb/Noroff Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released an advisory (DSA 323-1). Information about applying fixes is available in the referenced advisory. Fixes are available below.

Gentoo Linux has released an advisory. Users who have installed app-text/noweb are advised to upgrade affected systems to noweb-2.9-r3 by issuing the following commands:

emerge sync
emerge noweb
emerge clean


Norman Ramsey Noweb 2.9 a

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